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OK, bought the car a few years ago, and dude said RSMs were upgraded, i think he said to RE mounts, but im not for sure anymore after seeing some online.

I took a few pics of them hoping maybe some of you guys would be able to ID them positively for me, no, theyre not broken and function VERY well, but im lookin gto change shocks soon and im curious as to if i need to change any parts on the mounts at the same time. As you can see, the screws that mount them to the body are tack welded to prevent backing out i guess. Dont want to touch them if i dont have to....

Thanks in advance.

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Your car has been modified to allow shock removal from below. If I'm seeing correctly the screw heads are welded to the plate and plate welded to the body. So, by removing nuts from below the shock should come out. Usually the mount has studs that come through with nuts inside the car.

They do appear to be RE's, they sell a kit that replaces the rubber bushings. The washer on top of the mount is vestigal from the stock mounts, you should reuse that as well I guess (RE's typically come with a flat washer instead).

i know theyre fine, i just want to know what i have and what i may need to change when i change the shocks.
im starting to doubt theyre RE because all the RE ones i see have a regular hex mount bolt, not a allen head one.

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Originally Posted by rohde88

^^^ do you spend all your free time on two wheels?

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The Snikster posted sexy wiminzhere
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they're rogue engineering RSM's ... have the EXACT same one's on my whip however yours look quite dirty ... regardless you won't need to change them out as you can remove your shock from the bottom now

exactly, the RE ones use different mount screws. the ones DfJaws posted share the same screw type, only the bushing is different, which could be down to the shocks.
im leaning to GC also. i will take a pic from the underside, and see what i can determine, tho its prolly too filthy under there to tell.

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Originally Posted by rohde88

^^^ do you spend all your free time on two wheels?

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The Snikster posted sexy wiminzhere
Do you ride a sportbike?
Do you have a question about Jamaica? Ask?